Chapter 1 Basic Principles (White to play, move 33)
Capablanca vs Ragozin, 1936  (E22) Nimzo-Indian, Spielmann Variation, 63 moves, 1-0
Chapter 2 Centralization of the King (Black to play, move 37)
Capablanca vs Reshevsky, 1936  (D23) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 58 moves, 1-0
Chapter 2 (Black to play, move 72)
Lasker vs Ed. Lasker, 1924  (C99) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd, 103 moves, 1/2-1/2
Chapter 2 (Black to play, move 16)
M Dvoretzky vs Smyslov, 1974  (C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 28 moves, 1-0
Chapter 3 The role of pawns in the endgame
Schlechter vs Duras, 1911  (C49) Four Knights, 43 moves, 1-0
Chapter 3 (White to play, move 48)
Botvinnik vs Keres, 1951  (E41) Nimzo-Indian, 58 moves, 1/2-1/2
Chapter 3 (White to play, move 33)
Timman vs Gligoric, 1977  (C59) Two Knights, 57 moves, 1/2-1/2
Chapter 4 The Problem of Exchanging (Black to play, move 23)
H Kline vs Capablanca, 1913  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 51 moves, 0-1
Chapter 4 (Black to play, move 26)
Flohr vs Spielmann, 1931 (D55) Queen's Gambit Declined, 55 moves, 1-0
Chapter 4 (White to play, move 24)
Szabo vs Fischer, 1970  (A36) English, 37 moves, 0-1
Chapter 4 (White to play, move 21)
Najdorf vs Averbakh, 1953  (E17) Queen's Indian, 41 moves, 0-1
Chapter 4 (Black to play, move 51)
Panno vs Bronstein, 1956  (A80) Dutch, 74 moves, 1/2-1/2
Chapter 4 (White to play, move 35)
Sveshnikov vs Kasparov, 1979  (B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 43 moves, 0-1
Chapter 4 (White to play, move 42)
Aronin vs Smyslov, 1951  (B08) Pirc, Classical, 51 moves, 1/2-1/2
Chapter 4 (Black to play, move 37)
D Marovic vs Stein, 1971  (D79) Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O, Main line, 46 moves, 0-1
Chapter 4 (Black to play, move 24)
Capablanca vs Alekhine, 1924  (C12) French, McCutcheon, 62 moves, 1/2-1/2
Chapter 4 (White to play, move 26)
Rubinstein vs Alekhine, 1911  (D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 76 moves, 1-0
Chapter 4 (Black to play, move 31)
Karpov vs Hort, 1979  (B10) Caro-Kann, 73 moves, 1-0
Chapter 5: Do Not Hurry (White to play, move 54)
V Mikenas vs Spassky, 1955  (E16) Queen's Indian, 67 moves, 1/2-1/2
Chapter 5 (White to play, move 28)
Reti vs P Romanovsky, 1925  (A15) English, 47 moves, 1-0
Chapter 5 (White to play, move 46)
Flohr vs Bondarevsky, 1939  (A90) Dutch, 77 moves, 1-0
Chapter 5 (White to play, move 43)
Boleslavsky vs B Goldenov, 1952 (B15) Caro-Kann, 73 moves, 1-0
Chapter 5 (White to play, move 43)
Botvinnik vs C Kottnauer, 1947  (D13) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation, 60 moves, 1-0
Chapter 5 (Black to play, move 35)
Lasker vs Capablanca, 1921  (D61) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack, 68 moves, 0-1
Chapter 6 Schematic Thinking (full game)
Janowski vs Capablanca, 1916  (D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 46 moves, 0-1
Chapter 6 (Black to play, move 23)
Bogoljubov vs Lasker, 1925  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 52 moves, 1/2-1/2
Chapter 6 (White to play, move 16)
Znosko-Borovsky vs Alekhine, 1933  (C79) Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred, 55 moves, 0-1
Chapter 6 (Black to play, move 20)
Gligoric vs Smyslov, 1953  (A30) English, Symmetrical, 41 moves, 0-1
Chapter 6 (White to play, move 46)
Polugaevsky vs Vasiukov, 1967  (E73) King's Indian, 57 moves, 1-0
Chapter 7 The Principle of Two Weaknesses (W to play, move 34)
Alekhine vs Saemisch, 1925  (A31) English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation, 52 moves, 1-0
Chapter 7 (Black to play, move 29)
Tartakower vs Boleslavsky, 1946  (B31) Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation, 69 moves, 0-1
Chapter 7 (White to play, move 33)
Alekhine vs Vidmar, 1936  (D65) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack, Main line, 71 moves, 1-0
Chapter 7 (White to play, move 17)
Alekhine vs Euwe, 1922  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 50 moves, 1-0
Chapter 7 (White to play, move 29)
Karpov vs Parma, 1970  (E32) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 66 moves, 1-0
Chapter 7 (White to play, move 25)
Benko vs Parma, 1964  (E17) Queen's Indian, 57 moves, 1-0
Chapter 7 (Black to play, move 32)
W Von Holzhausen vs Nimzowitsch, 1926  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 71 moves, 0-1
Ch.8 Struggle for the Initiative (White to play, move 22)
Schlechter vs Lasker, 1910  (C66) Ruy Lopez, 58 moves, 1-0
Chapter 8 (Black to play, move 43)
Suetin vs Bronstein, 1968  (C16) French, Winawer, 73 moves, 0-1
Chapter 8 (White to play, move 34)
Suetin vs Gufeld, 1969  (B06) Robatsch, 87 moves, 1-0
Chapter 8 (Black to play, move 19)
Marshall vs Lasker, 1907  (C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 50 moves, 0-1
Chapter 8 (White to play, move 23)
Chigorin vs Schlechter, 1902  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 57 moves, 1-0
Chapter 8 (White to play, move 12)
Stein vs Averbakh, 1970  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 42 moves, 1-0
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